) On the 27th July,
Mr. Williamson was committed to Moyamensing Prison, by Judge
Kane, "for a contempt of the court in refusing to answer to
the writ of _habeas corpus_;" Mr. W. _having answered_ that
he had not, and never had had, the custody of the three
alleged slaves, and therefore could not produce them in
court. Mr. Williamson was kept in prison until November 3d,
when he was discharged by Judge Kane, the technical
"contempt" having been removed.
CELESTE, a mulatto woman, claimed as a slave, before Judge
Burgoyne, Cincinnati, Ohio. It appeared that she was
brought to Cincinnati by her master, and she was set
free.--_Cincinnati Gazette_, July 7, 1855.
_Two fugitives_, in Indiana, (September, 1855,) requested aid
of the conductor of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad.
The aid given was to take them back to Madison, whence they
were conveyed over the river to Kentucky. Before leaving that
State they had been hunted and attacked by dogs. These they
had despatched with their knives.
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